United National Party Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake says state officials who adhere to orders issued by Mahinda Rajapaksa should be held responsible for their actions.

Minister Bandula Gunawardena yesterday (2), challenged MP Eran Wickramaratne to prove, the statement he had made in a television programme, that Mahinda Rajapaksa and former MP Tiran Alles had given money to the LTTE when Mahinda Rajapaksa was the President.

JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanyake speaking at a meeting in Tangalle said that the Tri-Forces should come forward because the Constitution is not upheld. The Tri-Forces must support the parties that protect the Constitution and not the parties that cause its desecration.

A general election is the only method to establish democracy in the country, stated Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in a special statement.

A special discussion between the President and the party representatives of the United National Front (UNF) is scheduled to be held this evening (02).

The UNP has informed President Maithripala Sirisena and the Tamil National Alliance that UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is the nominee of the UNP for the position of Prime Minister.

Sri Lanka on Saturday slashed a tax on sugary drinks in a controversial reversal of an anti-diabetes policy that attracted immediate criticism.

Forty persons, including Ven. Dambara Amila Thera, had received money from Litro Gas during the period 2016 and 2018 July, as a transport allowance, the Special High Court was told yesterday.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena is considering dropping an attempt to dissolve parliament, sources close to the president said, possibly easing weeks of political deadlock.

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) will reduce the prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 5 per litre with effect from midnight today (Nov. 30), Minister of Petroleum Resources Development Gamini Lokuge said.

A motion submitted by UNP to suspend expenditure s of all Cabinet, Deputy & State Ministers and their personal staff passed in parliament.

A motion to cut off cabinet ministers and state ministers access to state funds was presented to the parliament at the parliamentary session today (30).

The bodies of two Police Constables aged 28 and 35 were found at a checkpoint at Vavunathivu in Batticaloa, around 6.00 a.m. this morning, police said.

Ousted Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe should leave the Prime Minister’s official residence, Temple Trees, immediately, the JVP stressed yesterday (29), after the Motion to suspend the expenditure of the Prime Minister’s Secretary was moved.

During a discussion with the Speaker, President Maithripala Sirisena has agreed to hold separate discussions tomorrow with the Opposition Leader and other leaders of the United National Front (UNF) in order to find an immediate solution to the prevailing political situation in the country.